Punjabi language

Punjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ • پنجابی
The word "Punjabi" written in Shahmukhi (Nast'aliq style), Gurmukhi
Native to	Punjab region
Native speakers	100 million, including Lahnda variants (2010)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Punjabi
Standard forms	Majhi Hindko Saraiki
Dialects	See Punjabi dialects
Writing system	Perso-Arabic (Shahmukhi alphabet) Gurmukhi Punjabi Braille
Official status
Official language in	Pakistan, India
Language codes
ISO 639-1	none pa – Eastern Punjabi
ISO 639-2	Individual codes: lah – Lahnda pan – Eastern Punjabi
ISO 639-3	– inclusive code Individual codes: lah – Lahnda pnb – Western Punjabi hno – Northern Hindko hnd – Southern Hindko jat – Jakati xhe – Khetrani phr – Pahari-Potwari skr – Saraiki pan – Eastern Punjabi
Glottolog	lahn1241  (Lahnda) east2727  (Eastern Punjabic)
Linguasphere	59-AAF-e
Countries of the world where Punjabi is spoken   50,000,000 - 80,000,000   1,000,000 - 50,000,000   500,000 - 1,000,000   200,000 - 500,000   100,000 - 200,000   50,000 - 100,000   1,000 - 50,000
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Individual codes:
lah – Lahnda

– inclusive code
Individual codes:
lah – Lahnda
pnb – Western Punjabi
hno – Northern Hindko
hnd – Southern Hindko
jat – Jakati
xhe – Khetrani
phr – Pahari-Potwari
skr – Saraiki

Punjabi /pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/ (Shahmukhi: پنجابی paṉjābī; Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pañjābī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by over 100 million native speakers worldwide, making it the 10th most widely spoken language (2015) in the world. It is the native language of the Punjabi people who inhabit the historical Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Among the Indo-European languages it is unusual in being a tonal language.